karakul

kar·a·kul also car·a·cul  (kr-kl)

n. In both senses also called broadtail.

1. Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled and glossy in the young but wiry and coarse in the adult.

2. Fur made from the pelt of a karakul lamb.

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[After Karakul, a lake of eastern Tajikistan.]

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karakul

Noun

1. a sheep of central Asia, the lambs of which have soft curled dark hair

2. the fur prepared from these lambs [Russian]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

karakul - hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur caracul, broadtail domestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin